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government service until December 1918 and during that time also served at Taylor Field, Montgomery, Alabama, and Ellington Field, Houston, Texas. During this service he gained the distinction of being one of the first three night flying instructors in the United States. Kiser obtained F.A.1. Pilot License No. 2346 on September 25, 1918.

After World War I he returned to barnstorming, giving exhibitions and carrying passengers throughout the central and southern states, until 1921. In January 1921 he joined the United States Air Mail Service where he remained through 1922.

In March 1923 Kiser entered commercial aviation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. That fall he attended the air races at St. Louis, Missouri, on October 16 flying a CANUCK.  In the spring of 1924 he was operating the Milwaukee Airplane Company at New Butler, Wisconsin, where the firm had their own flying field. They dealt in used planes, engines, and aircraft equipment, including skis for winter flying. Kiser continued to operate this business and in 1925 was the correspondent to AVIATION Magazine for aviation news in the Milwaukee area. On July 20, 1925 he was a contestant in the Wisconsin State Air Derby, an event put on by prominent state pilots to promote aviation. That year Kiser had one-third interest in the Lawson AIRLINER and was busy with some redesign changes to make it suitable for passenger carrying operations. That fall Kiser was a contestant in the New York International Air Races at Mitchell Field, Long Island, flying a converted TM-Scout.

In August 1926 the Ford Tour planes stopped at Hamilton Airport, Milwaukee, and the local pilots put on the Wisconsin Air Derby to celebrate the event. Several contests were held and Kiser was one of two pilots who "stole the show."

In 1927 he adapted a special plane to advertize HOLSUM BREAD and delivered bread to nearby areas to publicize their product. Early that year Kiser became a Waco distributor. By June 1928 he had sold ten planes and that month received five more from the factory. Two of them were sold and he planned to keep three for his own operations.  July 25 to 27 the Milwaukee American Legion held an aircraft show and Kiser arranged an extensive exhibit of planes, engines, and aviation.

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[[left margin]]FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE[[/left margin]]

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